Table 1.
Summary statistics of demographic characteristics of the studied women grouped based on location and type of residency (n = 1000).
| Variable | Hashtgerd (urban) (n = 252) |
Hashtgerd (rural) (n = 247) |
Tehran (n = 501) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 0.0001 | |||
| Elementary | 120 (47.6) | 107 (43.3) | 60 (12.2) | |
| High school graduate | 51 (20.2) | 71 (28.7) | 72 (14.4) | |
| College | 81 (32.1) | 69 (27.9) | 369 (73.7) | |
| Occupation | 0.0001 | |||
| Housekeeper | 232 (92.1) | 238 (96.4) | 335 (66.9) | |
| Employed | 12 (4.8) | 5 (2.0) | 99 (19.8) | |
| Other | 8 (3.2) | 4 (1.6) | 67 (13.4) | |
| Current marital status | 0.02 | |||
| Married | 226 (89.7) | 237 (96.0) | 466 (93.0) | |
| Divorced | 5 (2.0) | 5 (2.0) | 12 (2.4) | |
| Widow | 21 (8.3) | 5 (2.0) | 23 (4.6) | |
| Home ownership | 0.0001 | |||
| Owned | 164 (65.1) | 205 (83.0) | 319 (63.7) | |
| Rented | 68 (27.0) | 34 (13.8) | 173 (34.5) | |
| Other | 20 (7.9) | 8 (3.2) | 9 (1.8) | |
| Physical illness | 0.20 | |||
| Yes | 67 (26.6) | 51 (20.6) | 108 (21.6) | |
| No | 185 (73.4) | 196 (79.4) | 393 (78.4) | |
| Mental illness | 0.66 | |||
| Yes | 21 (8.3) | 17 (6.9) | 33 (6.6) | |
| No | 231 (91.7) | 230 (93.1) | 468 (93.4) | |
| Handicapped children | 0.60 | |||
| Yes | 10 (4.0) | 8 (3.2) | 14 (2.8) | |
| No | 242 (96.0) | 239 (96.8) | 486 (97.2) | |
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| Spouse's demographic information | ||||
| Education | 0.0001 | |||
| Elementary | 104 (41.4) | 85 (34.4) | 41 (8.2) | |
| High school graduated | 54 (21.5) | 85 (34.4) | 75 (15.1) | |
| Academic | 93 (37.1) | 77 (31.2) | 382 (76.7) | |
| Occupation | 0.0001 | |||
| Unemployed | 9 (3.6) | 14 (5.7) | 20 (4.0) | |
| Worker/farmer | 146 (58.2) | 157 (63.6) | 177 (35.5) | |
| Clerk/retired | 71 (28.3) | 65 (26.3) | 273 (54.8) | |
| Other | 25 (10.0) | 11 (4.5) | 28 (5.6) | |
| Physical illness | 0.01 | |||
| Yes | 56 (22.3) | 41 (16.6) | 70 (14.1) | |
| No | 195 (77.7) | 206 (83.4) | 428 (85.9) | |
| Mental illness | 0.40 | |||
| Yes | 16 (6.4) | 10 (4.0) | 29 (5.8) | |
| No | 235 (93.6) | 237 (96.0) | 469 (94.2) | |
| Smoking | 0.30 | |||
| Yes | 67 (26.7) | 73 (29.5) | 134 (26.9) | |
| No | 184 (73.3) | 174 (70.4) | 364 (73.1) | |